TOP POPE FRANCIS’ SOLIDARITY QUOTES 1. Solidarity is drawing closer to your neighbours “Solidarity entails the awareness of being part of a single body, while at the same time involving a capacity on the part of each member to “sympathize with others and with the whole. When one suffers, all suffer. For solidarity is no […]Read More
PRAYER FOR SHAME In this prayer for shame the author expresses her moments when she feels ashamed and prays for help to accept her limits. She also expresses her trust in God, the One in whom she finds rest. “I come before you Lord, with all the things that make me feel shameful, weak, vulnerable. […]Read More
TOP POPE FRANCIS’ MEDIA QUOTES 1. Media can prove to be a great tool to foster solidarity “In a world like this, media can help us to feel closer to one another, creating a sense of the unity of the human family which can in turn inspire solidarity and serious efforts to ensure a more […]Read More
POPE BENEDICT 16th ON THE FUTURE OF THE CHURCH The future of the Church after crisis: smaller, more spiritual, man’s home Below are Pope Benedict’s remarks on the future of the Catholic Church broadcasted on a 1969 German radio program and recorded in the book Joseph Ratzinger, Faith and the Future, Ignatius Press, 2009: “The future of the Church can and will […]Read More
TOP POPE BENEDICT 16TH’S CATHOLIC EDUCATION QUOTES 1. Non-Catholics And Catholics Studying Together Enrich Each Other “I know that there are many non-Catholics studying in the Catholic schools in Great Britain, and I wish to include all of you in my words today. I pray that you too will feel encouraged to practise virtue and […]Read More
PRAYER TO HELP ME LOSE WEIGHT Dear Father, I would like to be physically healthier. To do so, I know I need to lose weight. Till now, when I wear a fitted dress, I am uncomfortable with the size of my tummy and the breadth of my hips. When I take a photo, I hate […]Read More
TOP POPES’ QUOTES ABOUT SACRED MUSIC 1. Music is greater than any other art “The musical tradition of the universal Church is a treasure of inestimable value, greater even than that of any other art.” Vatican Council 2, The Constitution of The Sacred Liturgy, 1963, 112. 2. Creating opportunity to participate in music is crucial […]Read More
TOP POPE BENEDICT 16TH MENTAL HEALTH QUOTES 1. The situation of mental health in the world “The problems connected with mental disturbance that now afflicts one-fifth of humanity and is a real social-health care emergency.” 2. To workers and volunteers in the mental health sector “I commend pastoral workers and voluntary associations and organisations to support […]Read More
The conversation below is written by a gay Catholic expressing one’s feelings in the form of a dialogue with God based on the author’s real life experience. Sadly enough this person wished to remain anonymous to avoid dealing with people’s judgments. We are publishing the conversation below also to possibly serve as an invitation for others […]Read More
LITANY OF CONTRADICTORY THINGS This prayer is based on the words of Jesus “let both grow together” when he was talking about wheat and weeds growing in the same field. Wheat and weeds: let them grow together. Arabs and Jews in Palestine: let them grow together. Greeks and Turks of the Balkans: let them grow together. […]Read More
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